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Austin Community Cookbook Series: Junior League of = Austin

Posted By Linda On November 21, 2006 In = Community=20 Culture | No Comments

A couple of weeks ago, I put out a call for pointers to great Austin=20 community cookbooks. I=E2=80=99m still gathering - so please comment = here and point me=20 to them! I=E2=80=99d love to highlight it here!

Since Thanksgiving unofficially kicks off the biggest cooking season = of the=20 year, it seems appropriate to start my Austin Community Cookbook post=20 series=E2=80=A6

The Junior League is famous for their community cookbooks, and Austin = is=20 lucky to have two available from the [1] Junior = League of=20 Austin: Austin Entertains and Necessities and = Temptations.

Austin Entertains is the =E2=80=9COfficial City of = Austin Cookbook=E2=80=9D=20 and it includes photos of the Austin culture and recipes that celebrate = Austin=E2=80=99s=20 traditions; from its wine to its music. It is of =E2=80=9Ccoffee-table = quality=E2=80=9D and has=20 250 local recipes.

Then there is the 100,000-copies-sold, Necessities and = Temptations. It=20 is an award winner! It includes over 600 recipes, a kitchen and = entertaining=20 reference guide, and has had its recipes in national magazines, such as = Good=20 Housekeeping.

These books are used as fundraisers, but they are real treasures to = those who=20 own them. These are the recipes that make memories - or stir them - and = that=20 capture the hospitality of the community in a way no travel guide = could.

Support the Austin Junior League. Give yourself a gift. The holidays = are=20 around the corner - someone you know will treasure getting to know = Austin in=20 this unique way.

Get your hands on Austin Entertains [2] here.

Grab a copy of Necessities and Temptations [3] here.

To see (or purchase) unique, community cookbooks available from other = Junior=20 Leagues, go [4] here.

Here is a sample recipe from Necessities and Temptations (that = time of=20 year!) from the Junior League [5] website:

Apple Bread Pudding with Vanilla Sauce ([6] Necessities and=20 Temptations
p. 411)
Serves 10 to 12

1 loaf French bread cut into 2 by 2 inch pieces or 1 loaf white = bread, 2 days=20 old and slightly dried out
1 quart milk, heated
3 eggs
2 cups=20 sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons vanilla extract
3 = tablespoons=20 butter
1 cup raisins
3/4 cup chopped pecans
3 apples, peeled = and=20 diced

Vanilla Sauce:
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 cup = boiling=20 water
1 tablespoon butter
Pinch salt
1 teaspoon vanilla = extract

Preheat over to 350 degrees. Place bread and milk in a large bowl. = Soak bread=20 for 10 minutes. Mix together eggs, sugar, cinnamon, vanilla, butter, = raisins,=20 pecans and apples. Stir into bread and milk. Pour into a 3-quart = buttered baking=20 dish. Bake 45 minutes. Serve warm with cold vanilla sauce.

To make vanilla sauce, stir sugar and cornstarch together, Gradually = add=20 boiling water. Add butter and salt. Cook until mixture thickens. Remove = from=20 heat. Stir and add vanilla. Cool.

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URLs in this post:
[1] Junior League of Austin:=20 http://www.jlaustin.org/?nd=3Dhome
[2] here:=20 http://www.jlaustin.org/?nd=3Dfull&key=3D1
[3] here:=20 http://www.jlaustin.org/?nd=3Dfull&key=3D2
[4] here:=20 http://www.jlaustin.org/?nd=3Dswapbook
[5] website:=20 http://www.jlaustin.org/?nd=3Dhome
[6] Necessities and = Temptations:=20 http://www.jlaustin.org/?nd=3Dfull&key=3D2